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'"Z c( a: ~ C Z <C '"~a: o 3: u. o >a: ~ '"-z-~ VOTE 23: WORKS Budget speech for the financial year 2016/2017 by Honourable Sankwasa J. Sankwasa, Minister of Works and Transport Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee Please accept our gratitude as a Ministry for this opportunity to introduce to the financial year this August House Vote 23, Department 2016/2017.
of Works for of 23 for the also caters provrsion facilities, institutional Vote office accommodation, official accommodation (housing), as well as the management the Department and maintenance of Government properties.
Under this Vote, of Works to technical Offices/Ministries/ Agencies with regard to the implementation of Capital the provision of standard Construction Projects on the Development Budget, stock, material supplies as well as printing services and the maintenance of garden infrastructure and equipment, amongst others.

The programmes under this vote are therefore built around these core responsibilities.
essential services renders and Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee to the this juncture introduce allow me budgetary At financial requirements for the Department of Works for the 2016/2017 to N$ 667 393 000.00.

From this amount, year, which amounts of the total budget will N$632,764,000.00 which represents 94.81 % go into operational activities.

The remaining N$ 34,629,000.00 which represents 5.19% of the total budget will be spent on capital related investments.
total PROGRAM 1: GRN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND SERVICE CENTRES PROVISION OF HORTICULTURAL SERVICES TO Honourable Chairperson Honourable Mem bers of the Whole House Committee this progralu of The purpose Government Office Buildings layout, maintenance, swimming events.
planting, watering, is to render and service centres pruning, fertilizing, gardening services to including planning, general of during National cleaning, supply and maintenance of pot plants, maintenance pools and provide plants for decorations this programme, Under different trimming agencies are supplied with decorative office plants of different kind.

the Ministry succeeded to maintain gardens at functional buildings, by constantly cutting grasses as well as and trees.
Different ministries, existing offices small For this program, I request an amount of N$ 12, 150, 000.00 under this program.

PROGRAM 2: PROVISION OF STORES AND PRINTING SERVICES Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee of office and other office materials and supplies as well as the provision The purpose of this Program is to facilitate furniture, equipment printing services of auctioneering for budgetary to all Government services provision for Government.
to commence Institutions, and the administering The Program also allows and with upgrading the 2 I j> ~I!

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of the Government Central Stores and Reproduction For this program, I request an amount of N$ 28 678 000.00 PROGRAM PROPERTIES 3: MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee to improve working this of buildings The purpose goverrunent standard, aIM/A's of Government also improve fourteen government services are not provided.
facilities regions living conditions by providing at in order far off programme is and related infrastructure to administer conditions for to operate more efficiently.

in both rural and urban areas sound environment management and maintain to the best possible of It will in all to places where municipal staff members remote of level appropriate appreciatron and required maintenance To ensure and maintenance, all regions.
infrastructure appraisal identify priority areas where infrastructure maintained and or upgraded as a matter of priority and urgency.

of the the Ministry will undertake The Ministry of all government government regional assessment visits to a technical to in order and buildings need to be allocation, infrastructure to conduct and assets intends budget further currently allocations infrastructure for is performed The budget the function Ministry with a meagre budget allocation.
Be that as it is, all alMI A's all the maintenance still expects works.

the Ministry of Works to undertake and buildings maintenance by various alMI A's, leaving 31Page servicing, maintaining and overhauling sets as well as the rehabilitation also form part of this program.

of water and of other existing specialised pumps are the boilers, Further of lifts, cooling and sewer plants.
ensures and installations examples properties The generator installations specialised installations The maintenance the sustainability of Government thereof.

in Okongo of Eenhana Regional Office, and Helao Nafidi, The documentation Sub-Offices existing under this programme will facilitate having more offices rural areas.

in Ruacana, Tsumeb Sub-Offices the construction and the upgrading of of included in the remote and Tsumkwe For programme, this program.
I request an amount of_N-'-$_3_1_2-<----_-'---_ PROGRAM 4: PROVISION OF OFFICE ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee The purpose of this programme of Offices/Ministries/Agencies, all properties, immovable accommodation programme, the Department pertaining to the procurement, on behalf of Government.

is to assess the accommodation register, manage, as well by means of hire or purchase processes.
of Works the expropriation needs control and dispose suitable this handle transactions and exchange of property acquire Under as to 4IP"~l' of Six Million Eighty Thousand Namibia Dollar The exercise on the sale of government pool houses is an ongoing year 2015/20] 6, Sixty two (62) process.
During the Financial Government Pool Houses have been sold to the occupants and an (N$ amount 6 080 000.00) continues attending to subdivisions of affected properties countrywide and the valuations of these properties are conducted by the valuators in the Ministry of Land Reform.

The Department is constantly addressing the issue of properties erroneously transferred to Local Authorities, and some individuals.

generated.
generated.

The Department has being Included in the amount required for this Program is the operational budget (utilities) for paying rates and taxes to Local Authorities in the amount of N$ 25,110,000.00 while N$ 84 803 000.00 is provided for under Property Rental and Related charges which will be used for financing the rental of office accommodation for Offices/ Ministries/ to ensure that Goverrunent Institutions have reasonable and Agencies, adequate facilities to operate from.
The program further includes the purchasing of land for development and property assessment studies.

An increase in the number of O/M/ A'S has resulted in an increase in the demand for office accommodation.
For this programme, I request an amount of N$119 010 000.00 PROGRAM 5: REGULATION, COORDINATION AND SUPERVISION GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee is to successfully plan, supervise, The purpose of this programme monitor and finally hand over to Line Ministries completed capital construction projects, renovated and upgraded Government buildings 51Page properly maintained Program electrical is and mechanical involved in The and initiating building quality and technical of 350 projects concurrently actively running standards to during any given systems regulating, in and buildings.
coordinating an average financial year.

under period review, a variety of ongoing the Department capital again once the During successfully managed construction projects on behalf of line Ministries worth in excess ofN$ 450million.

With the typical building construction the Department line Ministries, implementation development by now fully in place to guide the budgeting process by and balanced it successfully the on capital for the 2015116 financial year.
project cycle as introduced contributed projects of budget programmes to realistic and are installed this program Photo-Voltaic Under lights and hot water, Government electrification 2016117 financial year for the installation of photo-voltaic government facilities without Oshana and Omusati Regions.

Systems, allowing for basic power; in existing in remote areas where the National has been made in the systems at to the national grid in the schools and clinics grid does not and / or refurbished reach.
Provision connections The Program administers involved in the Construction and Engineers) contractors service centres.
on Government and supervises and regulates the Act on Professional bodies Industry (Architects, Quantity Surveyors the construction work by and office buildings and monitors including projects For this programme, I request an amount of N$ 87.644 000.00 6IP~1L'L' PROGRAM 6: SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT SERVICES Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee including budgeting, The purpose of this program is to provide Administrative support affairs.
of personnel services, Another activity of the Program is to provide and manage a stable, reliable, sustainable and cost-effective leT services and to establish and maintain a sustainable network infrastructure, the maintenance of computer software and hardware networking and support.
accounting of the Ministerial This Program also oversee the implementation are well Wellness Programmes informed about diseases like HIV /AIDS and related illness as well as risks involved with the abuse of alcohol and risks associated with obesity etc.

to ensure that all staff members For this programme, I request an amount of N$ 107.455 000.00 Honourable Chairperson Honourable Members of the Whole House Committee 71Pagc Summary: Vote 23 Works Programme Provision 1.
Provision of Horticultural Services of GRN office buildings and service centre 2.

Provision of stores and printing services 3.

Maintenance of Government Properties 4. of requirements 5.

Government construction buildings regulation, coordination and supervision 6.
Supervision and support services Total accommodation office Amount (N$'OOO) 12 150 28678 312456 119010 87644 107 455 667 393 In light of the Programs outlined above, I now humbly request this August House to approve the total expenditure of N$667 393 000.00 23: Department of Works.

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